Carabidae: Promecognathus laevissimus

Promecognathus laevissimus Dejean 1829

Carabidae, Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia

Matthew Denton, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505 USA.

01 April 1997

Identification

This species is brown or piceous to almost black with dull tarsi and paler outer antennal segments. The head has regular frontal furrows converging anteriorly; sides of the prothorax with two to three setigerous punctures in the anterior half; elytra narrow towards the base.

Range

California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada.

Natural History

Prefers more or less shady, rather dry ground, often in moderately dense forests.

References

Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.

For information about this page: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu

Last modified: 04/01/1997